fermentation ,defination , types, microorganisms help full for fermentation process & uses of fermentation. beer making process & wine making process.

1. COS, chintamani Dr. Lakshmipathi R N Dept of microbiology 1

2. What is fermentation?
• Pasteur’s definition: “life without air”,
anaerobe red ox reactions in organisms.
• New definition: a form of metabolism in which
the end products could be further oxidized .
• example: a yeast cell obtains 2 molecules of
ATP per molecule of glucose when it ferments
it to ethanol.
COS, chintamani Dr. Lakshmipathi R N Dept of microbiology

3. COS, chintamani Dr. Lakshmipathi R N Dept of microbiology